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title: press my wrist n feel a thump, what is that even — The heart, blood and breathing · tree and pragmatics
description: press my wrist n feel a thump, what is that even Test 11 · ★ of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · The heart, blood and breathing

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press my wrist n feel a thump, what is that even

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** press, feel, be · **To what, where:** wrist, thump

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 32 «The heart, blood and breathing» of the world course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/32-heart-blood-breathing/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:t11:1
# text = press my wrist n feel a thump, what is that even
1	press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	n	n	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thump	thump	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | my wrist |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP that S»: agent=Agent wrist=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a thump |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thump=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The pulse, the heartbeat felt in an artery near the skin

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:t11:o1:1
# text = The pulse, the heartbeat felt in an artery near the skin
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pulse	pulse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	heartbeat	heartbeat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	felt	feel	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	artery	artery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | past | the pulse |  |  |  |  | near the skin; in a artery | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Theme in artery=Attribute |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bone in the wrist clicking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:t11:o2:1
# text = The bone in the wrist clicking
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	clicking	clicking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A nerve in the wrist sending a quick message down to the hand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:t11:o3:1
# text = A nerve in the wrist sending a quick message down to the hand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nerve	nerve	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	sending	send	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund | a nerve in the wrist | a quick message |  | the hand |  | down *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent message=Theme to hand=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Air moving through a tube in the wrist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:32-heart-blood-breathing:t11:o4:1
# text = Air moving through a tube in the wrist
1	Air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	tube	tube	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wrist	wrist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | gerund | Air *not said here* |  |  | a tube |  | in the wrist | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme through tube=Source in wrist=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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